Why do Blue Crabs give Whooping Cranes energy for migrating and not any other food?

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Cam, Nick, and Dan. A. Whooping Cranes eat a wide variety of foods, but they do concentrate on Blue Crabs while putting on body fat and protein before their long journey. Blue Crab is simply ìthe right stuff, with the best balance of nutrients. Q. What in Blue Crabs gives Whooping Cranes energy? Cam, Nick, and Dan. A. They’re very high in protein and fat, but so are many other things that cranes eat. Their beak is so well adapted to getting the meat out of crabs that they tend to take a lot of them! Question From: Platteville, WI upton@platteville.k12.wi.us Q. What is the most fascinating thing you have learned about the whooping crane since conducting research on this bird? A. For me, the most fascinating thing is that the babies imprint. The very first moving creature that a baby crane sees when it hatches becomes its image of adult cranes and when the baby grows up, that will be what it seeks in a mate. So when cranes were raised in captivity and fed by humans, they fell in love wit